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Month: July 2018

Book Review – Becoming a Student-Ready College

Book Review – Becoming a Student-Ready College

Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success 1st Edition by Tia Brown McNair, Susan Albertine, Michelle Asha Cooper, Nicole McDonald, Thomas Major Jr. A speaker at an AB705 meeting I attended at Bakersfield College mentioned this book, and then an email from our college’s library mentioned that they had picked up a copy – so I had to give it a shot. The book, in my opinion, is more for college administrators than for faculty….

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New Blog Category – Book Corner

New Blog Category – Book Corner

I intend to share reviews of the books I am reading on mathematics and teaching (& a few others as well) on my blog, using the “Book Corner” category. I have added the category to the menu at the top of the page, making it easy to find them all in one place. I’ll probably be starting by going back through some older books I have finished. Stay tuned …

Where Have I Been???

Where Have I Been???

Hi! Remember me??? I traded in some of my overload units to take the spring semester off, and it ended up being a very busy time. I was wrapping up the videos and supplements for my newest textbook (a STEM focused intermediate algebra text) and the second edition of Interactive Statistics (which I work with Michael Sullivan on). Last week I started teaching a summer Intro Stats class, and I have begun to turn my attention to preparing for next…

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